Wednesday, December 31, 2014

East Texas Christmas

After a few lovely days at home, we headed
to Nacogdoches for the second half of our Christmases to celebrate with the
DuFrenes and the Malnars.

The festivities at the Cabin in the Woods
began with a hay ride and caroling.

After singing every Christmas song we
knew, we went inside to warm up with hot cocoa, Polar Express for the little
kids and good conversation for the grown-ups.

The next morning, Santa had come (again)!

Jackson and Evie acted out the nativity
story while Scarlette read the traditional scriptures.

Then Pop read the Cajun Night Before
Christmas while Andrew didn't want to miss any of the pictures. =)

All of the grandkids got a picture with
Santa Pop before the presents were passed out!

This is the only picture I managed to snap
during the present opening...there was just too much going on. But Andrew
insisted on putting on his new rain boots right away! He can already put them
on all by himself (and does often).

Jackson got a hot wheels race track that
all the kids wanted to play with.

Later that night we put on our more
festive clothes and stuffed our faces (again). With no agenda for the night, we
just ate and talked and ate and played some games and ate some more. Yes, it
was a good night just enjoying each other's company.

The next night we celebrated with Papa
John and Granny. Papa even managed to get a picture with two smiling boys!
Lucky Papa--that doesn't happen often!

We are so fortunate to be able to spend
time with all of those we love during the holiday. Yes, it was a very Merry
Christmas, indeed!